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Dec. 26, 1922.

- E. G. WALLINDER.

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FILED MAY 31,1921.

Patented Dec. 2%, 19122.

ERICK G. WALLINDER, 0F DULUTH, llIiNNESOTA.

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Application uea May 31, 1921. s au No. 473,918.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, Enron G. lVALnINDnn, a citizen of, theUnited States,residing at Duluth, in the county of St. 'Louisand State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing. i Y T This invention relates to tables. and hasspecial reference to one whichina'y be con veniently knocked down,rendering 'itinternittently useful for special occasions such asbanquets, picnics, or the like.

The principal object of the invention is to produce as practical,durable and convenient a device of thischaracter as is possible. Otherminor objects and advantages will appear in the further disclosure.Referring now to the accompanying drawing, in which like referencecharacters -indicate like parts: i j

Figure l is an underside perspective view of a table top showing abroken leg structure attached thereto. v

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the top of a adjacent oneside thereof.

The invention resides in the novel -li'orin offoldable collapsible legsection and the manner oi? applying same to the under side of? a tabletop, the latter being either in single IfOl'IIl, or as a table havingtwo sets of legs, or an indefinitely extendible table.

Each leg section comprises two pairs of legs, those of each pair beingspaced apart by suitable cross bars 1 and 2, the legs being indicated at3 and 4, and the bars are spaced inwardly from both the upper and lowerends of one pair of the legs, while in the other cooperative pair oflegs the bar 1 extends transversely the upper ends of the legs andsightly therebeyond. vThis bar rests di-,

rectly upon the upper face of the bar 1 of the other pair of legs, whilethe bar 20f the latter pair oi legs rests upon the upper face of the bar2 of the other pair of legs and. centrally of the cross bars thusengaged they are united by through pins or bolts 5, which result in twopairs of legsbeing pivotally united forming what isreferred to as a legsection and separable from the tabletop.

The uppermost crossbarl which extends beyond the legs is' bevelled'orinclined as at 6 and upon the under side of the table to which theselegs are applied are fixed spaced cleats 7, they 'having'thei'r inneropposed faces inclined similar to that of theends 6 of'the cross bar Iso that whenthe latter is brought in contact with the under side of thetable top in'a position'diagonally to the straight line of thecleats 7and turned upon its pivotal bolt 5 until at right angles with the cleatsthe inclined ends of thecross bar will be wedged in under the inclinededges of the cleats and' thus securely held. This it is understood canonly occur after the upwardly extending ends of the other pair of legsare positioned outside of two straight. edgedcleatsS and 9, properlyspaced from each other diametrically opposite to the cleats and theupper ends of this pair of legs are slotted as atlO'to provide certainelasticity theretofor the tight andsnug fitting thereof over the cleats,and the outer lower corner 'ofthe latter. maybe slightly i rounded orbevelled to-assist in such snug fitting.

When a leg section is thus fastened to the under side of a table it isquite obvious that the same forms an admirable, staunch sup port for thetable top and one that may be quickly and conveniently adjusted 'to orfrom the table.

When. it is desired to provide for an ex: tension table, that is whereaplurality of tops are used in conj unotion with a suitable number ofleg sections, each table top is provided with an extra transverse cleatl1 spaced from the end ofthe table just onehalf the width of the bar 1of the leg section the. ends of which are inclined and the spacing ofthe cleats 8 and 9 from the cleat 11 are such that when the leg sectionis applied to the abutting ends of two table tops as in Figure 3 thelegs having resilient ends will occur back oi the cleats 9, thus forminga holding union with same to prevent longitudinal movement of the topsand the wedging cleat will occur intermediate of the manner asheretofore described, thus producing a substantial extension table ofany I desired length. r

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim and desire to secure by 'LQll",

ters Patent, is: 1. A collapsible extension table of the characterdescribed comprislng a plurality of individually complete table tops,groups of cleats upon the under side of each table top adjacent the endsthereof, detachable 'foldable leg sections each comprising four legs,and means whereby'certain leg sections may be cooperatively united withcertain of the cleats adjacent the abutting ends ofthe table'tops forcooperatively supporting and holding said tops together and other of theleg sections engageable with cleats at the opposite ends of the tabletops. a r 2; A table ofthe character described comprising a top having agroup offour-cleat's fastened to the under sideth ereof, two oi saidopposed cleats having leg engaging sides straight and a at rlght anglesto the bottom of the table top, theother two of said opposed cleatshaving straight leg enf gaging faces incllned'at an acute angle to thetable top a detachable leg section comprising "a pair of foldablyunitedlegs'the upper opposed ends ot two ofiwhich are beveled forcooperative engagement wlth the inclined cleats," and the other twoopposed upper ends-of the leg sectlon overlapping the straight: sidedcleats, substantially as described. I v i j A table of the characterdescribed comprising atop having a group of'four cleats rigidly fixed tothe under side thereof, a

detachable leg section comprising a pair of foldably united legs, meansat the upper ends of one pair of legs for overlapping eng gement Withtwo of the spaced cleats and means upon the upper ends of the other'pairof legs whereby the leg section may be securely. attached to the tabletop .by a rotative actionof one pair or" the legs in the section. j

4:.An extendible table of the character described vcomprising aplurality of elon gatedindividually complete tops, groups of spaced legengaging cleats upon the under side of each top and adjacent, theendsthereof," detachable foldable leg sections having means for cooperativewedging engagement with two of the opposedspaced cleats and overlappingengagement withthe other opposedcleats in each group, an additionaltransverse cleat adjacent each end of each top but spaced sufficientlytherefrom to receive thefwedging member of one of the leg sectionstherebetweenwhen two of the table tops abut and the oppositeleg membersoverlap the outermost cleats of the groups to form a cooperative legsupport for the abutting ends of the table tops.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afix my signature 1n the presence of twowitnesses.

Witnesses: I

S. C. Bronson, S. GEO. Scrnvnns.

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